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For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong.
(H. L. Mencken)

MARCH 18, 2005

The second issue of the Journal of Multidisciplinary Evaluation is now available. Here are some highlights:

an editorial by Jane Davidson on the perception of evaluation by others, and what we can and should do about it;
an article by Paul Clements, who raises serious concerns about the crucial matter of how the big (U.S. and other) agencies are evaluating their vast expenditures on development programs overseas;
an article by Susanne Weber, who sets out an approach to monitoring and evaluation based on current abstract sociological theorizing;
a new feature — Ideas to Consider — for short pieces that canvas ideas which deserve attention by evaluators;
an update on several of our previous articles covering evaluations in regions and publications around the world.